Painted by ELLA DU CANE
Described by FLORENCE DU CANE
Containing 50 full-page Illustrations in Colour. Square demy 8vo, cloth, gilt top. Price 20s. net (by post 20s. 6d.)
Note.—Japan has often been called the Land of Flowers, and to judge from the beautiful illustrations in this volume, it is aptly named. The artist may be said to have given us a diary of the year’s flowers from the opening of the first plum blossom to the falling of the last maple leaf, and all are depicted in their natural surroundings. The illustrations also include flowering trees amid old temples, charming landscape gardens, flower feasts, and many natural scenes of great beauty. The author, who has spent two floral seasons in the country, not only gives an attractive description of the flowers as they appeal to the eye of the foreigner, but has also collected and reproduced in the book many of the native legends which show that sentiment and tradition play a large part in the feelings with which the Japanese regard their flowers.
“This ‘gardening’ book is one of the most fascinating that has ever been published, and is worthy of its most fascinating title.”—Morning Post.
“A charming volume, one of the most satisfactory of its kind that has appeared for some time.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
“The book has the best account we have seen anywhere of the way in which Japanese gardens, including the landscape garden, are planned, planted, and made effective.”—Outlook.
THE FLOWERS AND
GARDENS OF MADEIRA
Painted by ELLA DU CANE